fat burn @ 60%... feels like Im hardly moving

DoReMiFaSoLaTiDo
DoReMiFaSoLaTiDo Posts: 296
edited September 26 in Fitness and Exercise
I am doing Insanity but wanted to supplement it with a 2nd exercise if fat burning..... apparently my heart rate is styaing in aerobic zone too long and I need to slow it down to stay in my 60% fat burn zone....

but this feels like Im hardly doing anything.... FRUSTRATING!! Im gonna do the slow old lady thing for 2 weeks but dammit I better burn fat cuz I have a cruise coming up and I dont not want to mistakenly get harpooned while on one of the island beaches

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  • healthyspark
    healthyspark Posts: 8
    bump
  • evesacks
    evesacks Posts: 94 Member
    Apparently the 60% fat burn theory has been discredited. Best to go for interval training and ditch the 60% workout.
  • meggiemaye
    meggiemaye Posts: 117
    I have no idea if this is true or not (please please don't read this as fact) but someone on these forums mentioned that the fat-burning zone is a myth. It wasn't really broached any further on that topic...this might be the perfect time to learn more about it. :)
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    I've heard this is a myth too,

    I was told recently by the trainer that the higher your heart rate, the higher amount of calories you burn off, so the more fat you'll lose. Fat-burning "zones" are BS. IDK what's true, but I have been seeing more inches lost when I started ignoring "zones" and just started working as hard as I possibly coud push myself.
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